Wednesday's close triggers Dow Theory sell signal

ANNANDALE, Va. (MarketWatch) -- With the Dow Jones Industrial Average's finish on Wednesday below its August lows, the three Dow Theory newsletters I track are solidly in the bearish camp. See full story.

Market Snapshot: U.S. stocks end sharply lower ahead of holiday

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks slid to close sharply lower Wednesday, as worries about bad home loans, a slumping dollar and oil near $100 a barrel led traders to take money out of the market ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. See full story.

Economic Report: Consumer sentiment hits lowest level in two years

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Consumer sentiment fell in November from the prior month, reaching its lowest level in two years, according to a monthly survey released Wednesday. See full story.

Futures Movers: Crude closes lower on mixed reading of U.S. data

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Crude-oil futures erased morning gains and closed modestly lower on Wednesday, as an increase in inventories at an important U.S. terminal weighed against an unexpected fall in the nation's total crude stocks. See full story.

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The ballyhooed revival of the corporate credit markets took a turn for the worse this week when underwriters called it a holiday and postponed the sale of $4 billion in loans backing Cerberus Capital Management's buyout of Chrysler LLC. See full story.

MarketWatch First Take: Warren Buffett's double standard on taxes

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Warren Buffett climbed back up Capitol Hill Wednesday to urge Congress to … do nothing. Normally that would be a good thing, but in this case it means that the estate tax will return in 2011. See full story.

Top secrets to beating retailers at the holiday-shopping game

CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- Retailers are loath to let consumers in on their super-secret plans for big sales or tip their hand as to holiday-time markdown strategies -- for "competitive reasons," they insist -- but there's plenty of information out there for navigating the year-end shopping season. See full story.

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